TheGuyWithTheTacoma
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I was only eight years old when King of the Hill debuted, and I'd say I watched it for the first time when I was in middle school, in about 2001 or 2002. My mom did not like me watching it very much, but she eventually got over it. In 2004, my parents bought a brand new Honda Odyssey with a DVD entertainment system, and I started buying complete season sets of King of the Hill and The Simpsons on DVD to watch on long trips. I unfortunately have not seen any of my KotH DVD box sets since 2007-2008, but they recently started streaming reruns on Hulu and I've been binge-watching it there.
There are two reasons I started a thread about King of the Hill...
The series has a semi-floating timeline. The series first aired in 1997 and season finale aired in 2010, so the earliest episodes take place in the late 1990s while later episodes obviously take place in the 2000s. Hank's birthdate has been shown as anywhere from 1953 to the late 1950s, and his age has been anywhere from his later thirties to his early 40s, making him a baby boomer. This means he was probably never diagnosed if he is on the spectrum.
Things I have in common with Hank Hill that are typical traits of people on the spectrum:
There are two reasons I started a thread about King of the Hill...
- I've been a huge fan for going on twenty years now!
- It recently occurred to me that the show's main character, Hank Hill, may be on the spectrum. I believe he shares a lot of traits with me.
The series has a semi-floating timeline. The series first aired in 1997 and season finale aired in 2010, so the earliest episodes take place in the late 1990s while later episodes obviously take place in the 2000s. Hank's birthdate has been shown as anywhere from 1953 to the late 1950s, and his age has been anywhere from his later thirties to his early 40s, making him a baby boomer. This means he was probably never diagnosed if he is on the spectrum.
Things I have in common with Hank Hill that are typical traits of people on the spectrum:
- Hank is very rigid and set in his ways about many things.
- Hank has very strict morals and is very big on following the rules, even ones that he may not necessarily like.
- Hank is very uncomfortable about being touched (hugging, kissing, etc) by anyone except his wife and certain family members.
- Hank is very sexually conservative, but does have a wild/kinky side in that respect (most notably when he and his wife Peggy had sex in the bathroom on a train in one episode).
- Hank is not the least bit promiscuous and as far as I know his wife Peggy is the only woman he's slept with.
- He is very OCD about taking care of his house and vehicles.
- Hank seems to be naive about a lot of things that most people take for granted.
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